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From: Gregg Siegfried grs@cla...
Subject: comp.os.plan9
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 1995 16:38:00 -0500


> 
> What's about a shareware binary-only or stripped-down distribution? 
> 
> I think one of the reasons for the famous success of Linux was that you
> could get it on nearly EVERY ftp server in the world. It is important
> to give people the chance to try plan9 before they decide to buy it.

Well, not presuming to speak for "the Plan 9 Guys \(rg", I don't expect
that plan 9 is being targeted as a competitor to Linux, of all things.

However, I recall from the winter usenix bof that an ftpable binary release
was mentioned as a possibility.

Gregg Siegfried
grs@cla...